7.2 PTR Legendary Items Changes - March 14, PTR Development Notes, PTR Build Deploy

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7.2 PTR Legendary Items Changes - March 14
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker
)
Developers' notes: We’re adding a small amount of baseline throughput (~1.5-2%) to current non-throughput legendaries or legendaries that have throughput, but work very infrequently, especially against dungeon/raid bosses.
All Classes

• All Specs
  • Sephuz’s Secret
    • Now always grants 10% increased movement speed and 3% Haste.
    • When triggered, this bonus is increased to the current values of 70% movement speed and 25% Haste.
    • Movement speed bonuses now stack with other movement speed bonuses.

Death Knight/Paladin/Warrior

• All Specs
  • Aggramar’s Stride
    • Now has an additional 617 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
    • Now grants movement speed equal to 75% of your Haste, Critical Strike, Mastery, or Versatility, whichever is highest.

Mage/Priest/Warlock

• All Specs
  • Norgannon’s Foresight
    • Now has an additional 617 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940), as a third bonus secondary stat.

Hunter/Shaman

• All Specs
  • Roots of Shaladrassil
    • Now has an additional 658 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940), as a third bonus secondary stat.

Death Knight

• All Specs
  • Acherus Drapes
    • Now has an additional 771 Mastery (@ ilvl 940), as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Blood
  • Rattlegore Bone Legplates
    • Now also increases Bone Shield’s damage reduction by 2%.
  • Service of Gorefiend
    • Now has an additional 1233 Leech (@ ilvl 940) as a bonus tertiary stat.
• Unholy
  • Death March
    • Now also increases Death Strike and Death Coil damage by 15%.

Demon Hunter

• Havoc
  • Achor, the Eternal Hunger
    • Now has an additional 658 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
  • Loramus Thalipedes' Sacrifice
    • Damage bonus now starts with the first target hit (was second target hit).
  • Mo'arg Bionic Stabilizers
    • Damage bonus now starts with the first target hit (was second target hit).
• Vengeance
  • The Defiler's Lost Vambraces
    • Now has an additional 539 Avoidance (@ ilvl 940) as a bonus tertiary stat.

Druid

• All Specs
  • Ekowraith, Creator of Worlds
    • Now has an additional 658 Haste (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Balance
  • Promise of Elune, the Moon Goddess
    • Now also increases the damage of Solar Wrath and Lunar Strike by 8%.
• Feral
  • Chatoyant Signet
    • Now also increases your Energy regeneration by 5%.
  • Fiery Red Maimers
    • Now also causes your next Maim to cost no Energy.
• Guardian
  • Oakheart's Puny Quods
    • Barkskin instantly grants 45 Rage plus an additional 30 Rage (was 15 Rage) over 3 seconds.
• Restoration
  • The Dark Titan's Advice
    • Now also causes Lifebloom’s periodic healing to have a 5% chance to trigger the final healing effect.
  • Tearstone of Elune
    • Allies healed by your Wild Growth have a 15% (was 20%) chance to also gain Rejuvenation.
  • X'oni's Caress
    • Now also reduces Ironbark’s cooldown by 25%.
  • Essence of Infusion
    • Tranquility heals targets below 60% (was 50%) health for 60% (was 50%) more.
  • Aman’thul’s Wisdom
    • Redesigned. When your Rejuvenation heals a full health target, its duration is increased by 3 seconds, up to a maximum total increase of 15 seconds per cast.

Hunter

• All Specs
  • The Shadow Hunter's Voodoo Mask
    • Now has an additional 658 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.

Mage

• All Specs
  • Belo’vir’s Final Stand
    • Now has an additional 658 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Fire
  • Pyrotex Ignition Cloth
    • Phoenix Flames reduces the remaining cooldown on Combustion by 9 seconds (was 6 seconds).

Monk

• Mistweaver
  • Eye of Collidus the Warp-Watcher
    • Each time Soothing Mist heals, the absorb amount of your next Life Cocoon is increased by 3% (was 1%), stacking up to 50 times (was 100).
    • Fixed a bug where the second Soothing Mist from Unison Spaulders did not grant a second stack of the buff.
  • Ovyd's Winter Wrap
    • Redesigned slightly. Each time Enveloping Mist heals, its healing bonus has a 50% chance to spread to an injured ally within 30 yards.
  • Ei'thas, Lunar Glides of Eramas
    • Redesigned. Uplifting Trance increases your Vivify healing by an additional 20% and causes it to heal 1 additional target.
• Windwalker
  • Hidden Master's Forbidden Touch
    • Now also increases Touch of Death’s damage by 40%.
  • Katsuo's Eclipse
    • Reduce the cost of Fists of Fury by 1 Chi (was 2 Chi).
  • Drinking Horn Cover
    • The duration of Storm, Earth, and Fire is reduced by 0.4 seconds (was 0.6 seconds) for every Chi you spend.
  • March of the Legion
    • Now has an additional 641 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.

Paladin

• Holy/Protection
  • Uther’s Guard
    • Now has an additional 797 Haste (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Holy
  • Tyr's Hand of Faith
    • Reduces the cooldown of Lay on Hands by 70% (was 60%).
• Protection
  • Tyelca, Ferren Marcus's Stature
    • Now also increases Avenger’s Shield’s damage by 20%.
• Retribution
  • Aegisjalmur, the Armguards of Awe
    • Now has an additional 617 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
    • Triggered Shield of Vengeance amount reduced from 200% to 100%.

Priest

• Discipline
  • Skjoldr, Sanctuary of Ivagont
    • Now also increases Power Word: Shield’s absorb amount by 20%.
• Holy
  • Muze’s Unwavering Will
    • Health threshold reduced to 50% health (was 75%).
    • Now also affects Flash Heal.
  • Rammal's Ulterior Motive
    • Healing bonus increased to 20% (was 15%).
• Shadow
  • Zenk'aram, Iridi's Anadem
    • Now also increases Voidform’s Shadow damage dealt bonus by 3%.
  • Anund's Seared Shackles
    • Each time Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch deal damage, your next Void Bolt gains 3% (was 4%) increased damage, stacking up to 50 times.

Rogue

• All Specs
  • Will of Valeera
    • Now has an additional 658 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.

Shaman

• Enhancement
  • Akainu’s Absolute Justice
    • Lava Lash deals 50% (was 30%) increased damage while your weapons are enhanced by both Flametongue and Frostbrand.

Warlock

• All Specs
  • Pillars of the Dark Portal
    • Now has an additional 658 Mastery (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Affliction
  • Sacrolash's Dark Strike
    • Now also increases Corruption’s damage by 15%.

Warrior

• All Specs
  • Timeless Strategem
    • Now has an additional 719 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
  • Mannoroth's Bloodletting Manacles
    • Now has an additional 771 Critical Strike (@ ilvl 940) as a third bonus secondary stat.
• Protection
  • The Walls Fell
    • Now also increases Shield Slam’s Rage generation by 2.
  • Thundergod's Vigor
    • Each enemy you hit with Thunder Clap reduces the remaining cooldown on Demoralizing Shout by 3 seconds (was 1 second).

PTR Development Notes - Build 23753
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker
)
This week’s PTR update contains mostly tuning changes, which include some of the mechanisms around the Broken Shore, but also a large round of adjustments to Legendary items. These adjustments are part of our overall goal to bring Legendaries more in line with each other in terms of value, particularly in how their benefits apply to your primary role (tanking, DPS, or healing).

This first round of adjustments is not comprehensive - in fact, we’ve already made some additional changes since this build was put together, and we expect tuning to continue as part of an ongoing process. Still, we’d greatly appreciate your feedback on these changes, as well as on any other Legendaries that are still in need of tuning. We’ve created a separate thread here with more details on exactly what changes have been made.

Thanks, and happy testing!

PTR Build Deploy 3/14/2017
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker
)
Greetings all,
PTR Realms will be coming down today in order to deploy a new 7.2.0 build. No ETA for today's push but I'll ping the thread if things look like they're going to take longer than usual.

As always, I'll leave this thread open for discussion so long as conversations remain civil and adhere to forum guidelines.

Thanks for your patience everyone!

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